Arrest

Portuguese Meaning

prender

deter

capturar

impedir

embargar

controlar

reprimir

apreender

detenção

prisão

captura

apreensão

suspensão

impedimento

English Meaning

  1. To stop; check: a brake that automatically arrests motion; arrested the growth of the tumor.
  2. To seize and hold under the authority of law.
  3. To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.
  4. To undergo cardiac arrest: The patient arrested en route to the hospital.
  5. The act of detaining in legal custody: the arrest of a criminal suspect.
  6. The state of being so detained: a criminal under arrest.
  7. A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.
  8. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.

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